The Jim Thompson garden (and a bit of his house)

Pattaya - Bangkok

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October 18th 2009
The moment i realized that i have a few days to spend in Thailand before i can travel to Laos (the visa issue previously mentioned) - i decided to warm up a bit on a sunny cozy beach. The closest one to Bangkok is also the (in)famous one - Pattaya. On one hand, i remembered the disappointment I felt at Phuket (and Pattaya sounds to me a bit similar). On the other hand, Pattaya is just two hours by ... read more

Asia » Thailand » Central Thailand

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A unified Thai kingdom was established in the mid-14th century. Known as Siam until 1939, Thailand is the only Southeast Asian country never to have been taken over by a European power. A bloodless revolution in 1932 led to a constitutional monarchy.... ... read more